Allied Telesis AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, AT-2973T/4 manual - page 6

Contents
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Installing the DOS NDIS2 Driver Software ....................................................................................................................61
Using Keywords for the Drivers............................................................................................................................................63
Chapter 6: Installing the Linux Drivers ............................................................................................................................65
Overview...............................................................................................................................................................................66
Limitations.....................................................................................................................................................................66
Packaging......................................................................................................................................................................67
Installing Linux Driver Software............................................................................................................................................68
Installing the Source RPM Package..............................................................................................................................68
Building the Driver from the Source TAR File................................................................................................................70
Load and Run Necessary iSCSI Software Components...............................................................................................72
Unloading the Linux Driver............................................................................................................................................72
Patching PCI Files (Optional)........................................................................................................................................73
Network Installations.....................................................................................................................................................74
Setting Values for Optional Properties...........................................................................................................................74
Checking the bnx2 Driver Defaults................................................................................................................................77
Checking Driver Messages............................................................................................................................................78
Teaming with Channel Bonding.....................................................................................................................................82
Statistics........................................................................................................................................................................82
Linux iSCSI Offload.......................................................................................................................................................82
Chapter 7: Installing the Windows Drivers ......................................................................................................................87
Installing the Windows Driver Software................................................................................................................................88
Using the Installer..........................................................................................................................................................89
Using Silent Installation.................................................................................................................................................94
Removing the Device Drivers...............................................................................................................................................97
Chapter 8: Setting Advanced Properties .........................................................................................................................99
Accessing the Advanced Tab.............................................................................................................................................100
Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2003................................................................................................100
Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7 ..........................103
Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Vista...........................................................................................................104
Modifying Advanced Properties..........................................................................................................................................107
Updating the Ethernet@
WireSpeed Property............................................................................................................................................................108
Updating the Flow Control Property.............................................................................................................................108
Updating the Interrupt Moderation Property................................................................................................................110
Updating the Checksum Offload Property...................................................................................................................111
Updating the Large Send Offload Property.................................................................................................................112
Updating the Jumbo MTU Property.............................................................................................................................113
Updating the Network Address Property.....................................................................................................................114
Updating the RSS Queues Property............................................................................................................................115
Updating the Priority & VLAN Property........................................................................................................................116
Updating the Receive Buffers Property.......................................................................................................................117
Updating the Receive Side Scaling Property...............................................................................................................117
Updating the Speed & Duplex Mode Property.............................................................................................................118
Updating the TCP Connection Offload Properties.......................................................................................................120
Updating the Transmit Buffers Property......................................................................................................................121
Updating the VLAN ID Property...................................................................................................................................121
Chapter 9: Installing CIM and SNMP for Manageability ...............................................................................................123
Installing CIM......................................................................................................................................................................124
Loading the CIM Libraries...........................................................................................................................................125
Installing SNMP..................................................................................................................................................................127
BASP Subagent...........................................................................................................................................................127
BASP Extensible-Agent...............................................................................................................................................127
Loading the SNMP Libraries........................................................................................................................................128
Chapter 10: Installing Management Applications .........................................................................................................131
Installing Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 and Related Management Applications....................................................132
Checking .NET Framework Requirements..................................................................................................................133
Using the Installer........................................................................................................................................................134